Keybase

Health v2 · maintenance only

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Keybase is an open-source end-to-end encrypted messaging, file-sharing, and identity-verification platform with clients for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android, plus a Go library and CLI. It includes KBFS, a globally-namespaced encrypted filesystem, encrypted team chat, PGP key management, and a Stellar wallet.

Use cases

• send end-to-end encrypted messages to individuals and teams
• store and share files in an encrypted global filesystem
• prove ownership of twitter/github/reddit/website identities cryptographically
• manage PGP keys and encrypt messages from the command line
• build chat bots with encrypted key-value storage
• keep a Stellar crypto wallet synced across devices

When to choose

• you need encrypted chat and file sharing with verifiable identity proofs
• you want a mountable encrypted filesystem with a global namespace
• you need cross-platform encrypted team communication with a CLI and bot API

When to avoid

• you need a fully self-hosted solution since the Keybase service is centralized
• you need actively evolving features, as development has slowed since the Zoom acquisition
• you need large-scale file storage rather than on-demand streamed files

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

cryptography chat-interface file-system cli gui auth security security privacy messaging-platforms developer-tools cross-platform windows go cli cross-platform end-to-end-encryption pgp kbfs encrypted-chat identity-verification stellar-wallet react-native key-management macos linux ios android electron

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